AUDUBON JOURNAL 



Mother — Yet she was torn away from us when only 

 7 months old = having taken all the likeness Louisville 

 could afford I removed to Cincinnati, leaving you all 

 behind untill satisfied of some Means of Making some- 

 thing for a Maintanance — Through Talents in stuffing 

 Fishes I entered in the service of the Western Museum 

 at One hundred and Twenty five Dollars per Month, 

 and raised a Drawing School of 25 Pupils, Made some 

 Likeness, and had You around Me Once More — but 

 small towns do not afford a support for any time. 



Ever since a Boy I have had an astonishing desire 

 to see Much of the World & particularly to Acquire a 

 true Knowledge of the Birds of North America, conse- 

 quently, I hunted when Ever I had an Opportunity, 

 and Drew every New Speciman as I could, or dared 

 steel time from my Business and having a tolerably 

 Large Number of Drawings that have been generally 

 admired, I Concluded that perhaps I Could Not do 

 better than to Travel, and finish My Collection or so 

 nearly [so] that it would be a Valuable Acquisition — 

 My Wife Hoped it might do Well, and I Left her Once 

 More with an intention of returning in Seven or Eight 

 Months; I wrote to Henry Clay Es^-^ with Whom I 

 Was acquainted and he Enclosed Me in a Very Polite 

 & Friendly Letter One of General Introduction = I 

 received Many from Others — General Harrison, &<■ — 



from the day I left Cincinnati untill the present 

 My Journal gives you a rough Idea of My Way of 



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